Concern Worldwide is seeking a Agriculture and Natural Resource Adviser to support effective programming to promote resilience in disaster-prone, fragile contexts through the provision of technical and strategic support to country programmes on climate-smart agriculture and natural resource management and through the documentation of learning on best practice.

Apply for the position of Head of Programme - Crops, Environment & Land Use. The role involves extensive liaison with policy makers, other state agencies, farm representative bodies and other organisations and businesses operating in the agri-food sector. It also involves developing relevant relationships outside of Ireland in the EU and beyond.

Teagasc is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to conduct research on the project “Mitigating Agricultural impacts through Research and Knowledge Exchange (WaterMARKE)”. The post will involve carrying out farm surveys of agronomic and environmental properties at farm scale across a range of soil and landscape settings. Apply now!

Teagasc is seeking a Head of Programme to provide outstanding scientific leadership to Teagasc’s Crops, Environment and Land-Use (CELU) Programme. As well as leading the CELU Programme, the appointee will be a key member of the Research Directorate Leadership team. Apply now!

The AgriDemo: F2F project is coordinated by the Dairy Knowledge Transfer Department at Teagasc’s Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, leading the knowledge exchange component of the project. The mission of the Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark is to generate new science and innovation to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of the Irish Agri-food industry. This is a research focused…

Teagasc and University College Cork offer a fellowship for a PhD study that is part of a larger project focused on the Gergera watershed in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia aimed at developing strategies for sustainable watershed development. The PhD study will develop a model to analyse the longer-term potential of the watershed in terms of its contribution to household livelihoods both within the watershed and in its environs. Apply now!

The Rural Economy and Development Programme (of which the Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department is a part) is a research programme of Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, whose primary mandate is to conduct social science research on topics related to quality of life, rural, agricultural and food issues. The candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team that will integrate a number of pre-existing…

Teagasc are seeking to recruit a highly qualified and enthusiastic researcher in the field of GIS, hydrology, hydrogeology, environmental science or similar and with good knowledge of agriculture and European water policy. This is a research focused training role, the primary purpose of which is to provide early career scientists with the opportunity to develop their research skills and competencies. The successful candidate will be based in…

This new online Masters in Science program from the University College Dublin (UCD) is a flexible, innovative, negotiated learning course that takes on board the training needs of a broad spectrum of end-users by giving the opportunity to select modules that best align with the students training needs and career objectives. The masters program will provide students with the theoretical background, practical training and ancillary workplace skills…

Waterford Institute of Technology has opened the admissions for Bsc in Agricultural Science. Take the opportunity and apply for this degree. Key courses will be, among many others: Agriculture and the Environment; Plant Biology; Soils Management; Food Traceability & Bio-analysis.

Interested in conservation and saving the environment? GoEco has available volunteer opportunities in Ireland for Sustainable Farming and Cafe Experience. Some key tasks will be, among many other: Gardening; Feeding farm animals; General farm maintenance; Selling produce at farmers markets; Assisting in the farm cafe (in the city).

Forests are an important part of the environment, provide timber and other products and are used for a wide range of recreation activities. The role of foresters is to manage forests so that people can benefit from this natural resource on a sustainable basis. Earn a degree in forestry from the Waterford Institute of Technology and create impact in the world. Key modules include, among others: Plant Biology; Forest Establishment; Earth Science…

Teagasc is committed to a co-ordinated professional development strategy for postgraduate students.The Fellowship scheme requires that participating students achieve a level of statistical expertise in experimental methods appropriate to a Master’s or PhD programme. It is the responsibility, therefore, of the college and Teagasc supervisors that students attend and pass such statistical courses as are available to them.All aspects of agriculture…

By this volunteer program, you will support a sustainable farm and get the opportunity to help at the farm café in the nearby friendly and vibrant city of Cork. This sustainable farming & café project is located in the heart of rural Ireland, about 45 minutes from Cork City, Ireland’s 2nd largest city. It is surrounded by picturesque countryside with rolling hills, mountains, rivers and waterfalls. The farm is focused on involving international…

The Africa Agri-Food Development Programme (AADP) is a joint initiative between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Objective of the AADP is to develop partnerships between the Irish Agri-Food Sector and African countries to support sustainable growth of the local food industry, build markets for local produce and support mutual trade between Ireland and Africa. The partners…

International Conference on Forestry Food and Sustainable Agriculture (ICFFSA) will be held on 19th March, 2020 at Dublin, Ireland. ICFFSA is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Forestry Food and Sustainable Agriculture to a common forum. All the registered papers will be published by the World Research Library and will be submitted for review for indexing by Google Scholar etc. This Conference is…

Background to the Role: The Farm-Carbon project, led by Teagasc. will develop a growth model taking direct measurements of hedge biomass, along with assessing the impact of management on hedgerow biomass accumulation. Since agri-environment schemes include incentives for hedgerow management, these landscape features qualify as an anthropogenic land-use management activity under international Kyoto accounting rules. The potential to utilise…

Join GoEco in the green hills of Ireland to lend a hand at a sustainable farm and its cafe! Program Highlights Experience both rural and artsy, urban Ireland Meaningful, hands-on volunteer work at a sustainable farm and farmer’s market This farm aims to create techniques that are sustainable for the natural environment Learn how to make fresh yogurt, care for farm animals and work in the organic vegetable garden Explore Ireland’s lush green…

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Research Forester within UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science The dynamic yield models for Irish forestry have become the standard tool for forest management planning. Yield models are used to forecast the growth of forests into the future and the timber volumes that they will produce. However, due to a change to the afforestation of better-quality land by private landowners in recent decades…

BASIC FUNCTION: The iterative development of interactive decision support tools and rapid assessment ‘score-cards’ for the targeting of environmental measures specifically riparian buffers. Development of computational screening tools for prioritisation and opportunities mapping for buffer actions at national to catchment scales. Engagement with stakeholders. Develop web/cloud based interactive resources for various stakeholders (e.g. farmers…

012356 UCD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1, School/Unit Agriculture & Food Science, 18 months The dynamic yield models for Irish forestry have become the standard tool for forest management planning. Yield models are used to forecast the growth of forests into the future and the timber volumes that they will produce. However, due to a change to the afforestation of better-quality land by private landowners in recent decades, the existing…

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of Earth Sciences. The Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) at University College Dublin are seeking to hire a metamorphic petrologist to conduct work on the formation of hydrothermal kyanite in the African Copperbelt. The aim of this project to carry out petrology, geochemical modelling and experimental petrology…

The company is seeking to recruit a Senior Ecologist to deliver challenging projects within the company’s Ecology Team, and meet the growing demand for the company’s services. The successful candidate will be working on projects across the renewable energy, transport, water and infrastructure sectors, in addition to a range of private sector developments. The position available will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work on a wide…

This role is responsible for front line implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Fisheries Acts, Water Pollution Acts, Water Framework Directive & other relevant statutory provisions, to include the provision of comprehensive conservation, protection, improvement & development services, inland and at sea. The role of Fisheries Officer has 2 main areas of responsibility: Fisheries Protection; Fisheries Conservation & Development.

The person appointed will be responsible for leading a team in the EPA’s Environmental Licensing Programme which is a core regulatory function of the organisation.